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Try Dips For The Chest

April 10, 2008 on 1:57 am | In Chest, Proper Lifting Form, Weight Training Exercises, Build Muscle |

  While dips are primarily known as a weight training exercise that targets the triceps, you can modify them a bit to target the chest. Doing dips for the chest is a great alternative to decline bench presses and will help build the bottom of the pectoral muscles for that chiseled chest look. Because dips for the chest requires you to move your body through space they are a harder, and consequently more intense, exercise for the pecs than decline bench presses.

  To perform dips to target the pectoral muscles you need to do then on a dip bar rather than between 2 benches. It’s even better if the dip bar is a bit wider so you’re not hitting the triceps as much as the chest. When you do dips for the chest muscles you don’t want your body to be straight becuase this will also target the triceps more. Try to get your lower body behind you so you are dipping at an angle like you would be if you were doing decline presses. Since you are likely strong enough to do a lot of dips this way you should wear a belt that allows you to add weights to it. As you do the exercise try to focus on getting the chest to do most of the work rather than the triceps.

  Doing dips in the style that targets the chest muscles is an old school weight training exercise that isn’t utilized enough by todays lifters. It’s the perfect exercise to do in any chest routine after flat and incline bench presses. Try them out to build more muscular, chiseled pectorals.